Re: Help me remember an old game from the 1980s

[phaeton <blahbleh666@hotmail.com>]

On Jun 18, 3:52 pm, Matt Lichtenberg <keroba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 15, 7:21 pm, phaeton <blahbleh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello!
>
> > Long ago in a classroom far far away, I used to piddle around with a
> > game on one of my Middle School's Laser128s, which IIRC was a clone of
> > an Apple][.  This was about 1986 or 1987.
>
> > As best as I can remember, the protagonist in the game was floating
> > around a network of pipes, presumably filled with water.  I can't
> > recall if the character was wearing scuba gear or not, but breathing
> > wasn't an issue.  There was a smattering of small bits of machinery
> > lying around here and there in this maze of piping.  You had things
> > such as a battery (or power source), a thruster (pointing fixed
> > directions), on/off switches, etc.  Many of these devices resembled
> > logic circuit symbols, but that may be coincidental as I don't recall
> > them always acting like their real-world counterparts do (the
> > aforementioned thruster might have resembled an operational amplifier,
> > f'rinstance).
>
> > Nontheless, your objective was (i believe) to gather up an assortment
> > of these devices and assemble them in various forms to overcome
> > obstructions in the maze, and eventually escape.  I vaguelly recall
> > squid or octopus-ish creatures in the water as well, but I don't
> > remember if they were intelligent (might attack you directly), just
> > going through the motions (but dangerous if you come into contact with
> > them) or if they were completely harmless and incidental.
>
> > The game was 2D and likely used a 640x480 resolution and about 48
> > colors, or about what you'd expect of the day.  I'm sure I'd recognize
> > a decent screenshot if I saw one.
>
> > Just curious, as I recall really enjoying the game as a 7th grader,
> > but the lack of identity has been eating away at me for probably a
> > decade now.
>
> > Thanks for any help, sorry it is so vague.
>
> > -ph
>
> This sounds a hell of a lot like either Rocky's Boots or Robot
> Odyssey; I've never played either, but there was an article about the
> both of them in an issue of Home Computer Magazine way back in the
> day, and I recall mixing up which screenshots went with which game.
> Regardless, in one of these games, you play a robot, floating around a
> pipe network, collecting parts to build another robot with.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> -Matt


YESS!!!!!!

Robot Odyssey!!!  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Odyssey

That's the one!  I'm fiddling with the Java port now (i figured that
this game was geeky enough to garner a modern freeware equivalent).
www.droidquest.com

Thank you oh so much!!  I hope it turns out to be as engaging now as I
remember it being at age 12.  w00t!

-ph